Chapter 262 (2/2)

”We will approach slowly, it would be unwise to rush in without any information. Make sure that everyone is ready for combat!”

He gave his orders while observing the indication on the big screen. He spread his senses outside and kept a close eye on everything. There were approaching the supposed lair of the monster, the first thing he noticed was the noise. The closer they got the fewer sounds he could hear.

During their approach just a few minutes ago he could hear the wails of strange monstrosities in the distance. There were even sounds of them slamming into their protective barrier but now, there was nothing. It was as if there was nothing here, the wind had even stopped howling.

'Something isn't right....'

”The wind… something is affecting it.”

He looked to the side, Zhang Liena was standing there back in her attire. She was the person most versed in the Dao of the wind so she noticed that something wasn't right. Their eyes met for a moment and he nodded, it was time to go outside.

”Captain, remain vigilant. I and grand elder Liena will depart for the ship deck to examine the situation.”

It was time to leave and go outside. The two removed themselves from the room, Liu and Xue moved behind them while Nuana also approached from the side. The kids had joined them on this expedition but they were here more as observers. With the nascent soul masters around the core formation cultivators would only get in the way.

These youths at the core formation level could still aid the Argonaut with their cultivation. They could and would be stationed by the ship's side cannons. There were many of those and they were constructed in a way that a cultivator could boost the cannon's power with their own cultivation base.

”Finally you are out, the fun is about to start!”

Huo Qiang was sitting right at the tip of the ship's deck. He was looking out into the cloudy void that was this mist. The two smaller sh.i.p.s in front of them were giving out light of their own. They were still hard to spot with the n.a.k.e.d eye as the sh.i.p.s kept a large distance from each other.

”Fun huh? I hope that fun won't be very deadly.”

Zhang Dong replied with a shrug while moving towards Huo Qiang and the tip of the ship. He tried to spread out his senses beyond this fog but it was quite good at blocking his internal sonar. He decided to use his system's map function afterward but as before it was getting jammed.

He didn't like where this was going, whenever his system was affected by anything it didn't bode anything good. He was going to face off against a monster that he believed was brought with him to this world along with his system. By who and why was still unknown to him.

Zhang Dong hopped that he could shed some light on this mystery by taking the beast out. He had yet to encounter any more of those strange cube treasures that he had absorbed on two occasions. The person that appeared that one time was also suspicious. Was that person an ally or an enemy? It could just be a ploy of the being that brought him here.

He was scared that he was now some kind of plaything of a god-like existence. It could be a person at the immortal level of strength or even far beyond that. From what he knew there were no immortals left in this world at least none that were active. One could be hiding somewhere but not like anyone at the nascent soul level would be able to sense a cultivator of that prestige.

The silence continued for a few moments, the only thing that could be heard was the humming sound of the Argonaut's engines. The silence was brought to an abrupt stop as one of the Divine Fist Sect's sh.i.p.s went up in flames.

It was the one that was the furthest away from them. Zhang Dong could faintly see something large and slimy piercing this flying vessel from below. It looked like a giant trunk of a tree with many branches that were strangely moving around.

”Enemy Attack!”

The alarm sounded on the ship, the thumping steps of many cultivators were heard in the surroundings as everyone took off running. The side cannons sprung into action as everyone that was in one tried to focus on the enemy.

The two grand elders including the Patriarch from the United Element Sect reacted as well. They all focused their energies on the exploding ship, they weren't attacking the strange 'tree' but trying to pluck the Divine Fist Sect cultivators that were falling down after the explosion.

Elder Heng who was responsible for their safety was also there. With the four powerful cultivators working together most of the ship's crew was safely evacuated to the other two sh.i.p.s.

”Finally I was tired of waiting, it's our turn now!”

Huo Qiang shouted out while pointing out with his finger towards the strange tree that was hard to see due to the mist.

The tip of Qiang's finger started glowing in a deep crimson. Particles of red light converged onto the tip before a red beam of plasma shot forward. In a fraction of a second, it connected with the thing that pierced the ship.

”GUOHHH.”

A monstrous wail of pain was heard by everyone present after the attack connected. The mist was forcefully parted by Qiang's attack to reveal the enemy's true form. Instead of a large tree what they saw was a mass of flesh. The branches were just smaller squiggly tentacle appendages, on each of them a toothy mouth which was now screeching in pain after a large hole was blown open in the thick tentacle trunk.

”Everyone, Attack!”

The order was given, the large ship composed of spirit metal lit up brightly as its cannons started firing, the battle had finally started.